Which Browser Do You Use?

[blutach]

Same as what you said TNT.

Regards

[anonymez]

@TNT (edit: and blu): a small and simple list of benefits http://www.download-firefox.co.uk/benefits.aspx

but, as if that list as well as mine and uncas's word isn't enough for ya,

do this:

google "IE is the best" (with quotes). write down the number of hits. then google "internet explorer is the best". write down the number

then google "firefox is the best". then click on the nice image above

[anonymez]

btw, if you don't have a middle button on your mouse (or your scroll wheel doesn't work as a middle button), i understand you will have little to gain wrt productivity, so i guess IE is OK in that case

[UncasMS]

i'm using firefox because:

- tabbed browsing saves me many mb of precious resources
- pop-ups are very much reduced compared to ie
- the plugins are excellent ( i use weather forecast + soccer-results)
- due to custumized skins the look is way more what i prefer

[blutach]

@TNT (edit: and blu): a small and simple list of benefits http://www.download-firefox.co.uk/benefits.aspx

but, as if that list as well as mine and uncas's word isn't enough for ya,

do this:

google "IE is the best" (with quotes). write down the number of hits. then google "internet explorer is the best". write down the number

then google "firefox is the best". then click on the nice image above

I can't - I have to open another browser session to do that

Hmmm - Don't think I'll change to firefox - here's the 3rd link under "FF is the best" - http://www.squarefree.com/pornzilla/why-firefox.html

Regards

[anonymez]

my experience is that firefox uses anywhere between 1.5-3 times the memory of IE. has a larger memory footprint.

but you could also argue that the IE engine is "built-in" to windows. iexplore.exe will not give the entire value, IE components will always be running on your windows pc.

@blu: doesn't make the browser better or worse, even if one of the hits is from 'pornzilla'

[UncasMS]

Hmmm - Don't think I'll change to firefox

.... said the blow-up-doll lover

my experience is that firefox uses anywhere between 1.5-3 times the memory of IE

open a couple of IE instances with different pages vs firefox's tabbed browser and you'll see how much more ie wastes

[blutach]

.... said the blow-up-doll lover

Firey (no relation to Firefox) is back on Friday evening and so my nights will become more normal again!!!

Regards

[anonymez]

6 different web pages open in IE, 6 different tabs open in firefox.








i do think that if i were to use say 20 pages, firefox might beat IE, but i rarely use that many. right now i've got 3 tabs open, firefox using 58mb

[UncasMS]

no

3 instances/tabs are more than enough here:

[blutach]

Yep anon - you've convinced me to stay with IE6.

Regards

[drfsupercenter]

I like IE. There is only one huge disadvantage, that is that spyware can screw it up, and Firefox is somehow more immune. But just be careful what sites you go to and you will be fine.

The reason I don't like Firefox is: In many instances, Firefox is detected as a really old version of Netscape. Not that it matters, but Yahoo! Launch says something like "your version of Netscape is not new enough - upgrade it". That is very inconvenient, as I use Yahoo! Launch a lot. IE is the way to go. Also, about what Uncas said, I think it depends on what sites you go to. If they are very flash-intensive or graphic-intensive, maybe, but if you go to plain text sites it would be different. I will test myself later.

[drfsupercenter]

http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/1631/hahaieisbetterthanfirefox2wb.jpg

What I did was I opened three very typical sites (Google, Yahoo!, and DVF) in both IE and Firefox. Look at the HUGE difference in memory between the two. Not sure what sites UncasMS is opening...

[tigerman8u]

I use IE 6. I have problems opening video's from some of the news sites I go to.

[anonymez]

all 3 screenshots differ. a lot.

what versions of ff you guys using? me 1.5